Caliphate by The New York Times is One of the Best Podcasts of the Year!

Caliphate Host and New York Times ISIS beat reporter Rukmini Callimachi shares incredible research on ISIS, interviews former ISIS members/trainees, and goes to Iraq & Syria to collect document in abandoned ISIS buildings. It’s masterfully produced.

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve heard about terrorist group ISIS. Every day they’re in some kind of news story. There was so much I didn’t know. I didn’t realize that ISIS was such a governing state. They administered municipal services like trash pickup. Despite the physical state having been disrupted, I didn’t realize how much the mentality had spread across the world because of the Internet. I didn’t realize the depths of their brutality. In the podcast, they talked about the view of sexual violence and child slavery as a religious act.

When there’s an issue like battling ISIS that’s so prevalent in American life, it’s important to educate yourself. The New York Times, Rukmini Callimachi, and the Caliphate team have done an incredible job with this podcast. It’s a MUST listen.